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Discussion in 'General Football & Other Sport' started by wfc4ever, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    I don't really get the reasoning behind that. It would be very harsh to drop Woakes, or Curran. Perhaps they are thinking of dropping Rashid. Or maybe it is just a way of showing some moral support to Stokes.
     
  2. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    The way things are going, what with the summer now back to normal and only Kohli putting up any resistance, England really don’t need a spinner.
     
  3. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    I’m glad the fellow Stokes pulverised was found Not Guilty.
     
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  4. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Edgbaston MOTM Sam Curran has been dropped for the third test to make way for Ben Stokes. What an ugly decision, on so many levels. Root says it was the hardest decision of his captaincy.
     
  5. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    The fact they just called him back into the squad straight away said Stokes would play.
     
  6. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    I think that’s shameful, frankly.
     
  7. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    I'm a little surprised by this, Curran has been a revelation so far, but I suppose he is young and has plenty of time so maybe they don't want to over use him just yet?
     
  8. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    Its a bit of a farce really. Not sure if im going to boo or not tomorrow. In the kids family non drinking section so might try and get a chant going. Ben stokes is a ******, he wears a ******* hat. When he went to bristol, he was a ******* ****.
     
  9. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Bowlers certainly been on top today !
     
  10. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    2-1 coming up then.
     
  11. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Rooot is a weak leader who surrounds himself with his mates.

    Stokes v ordinary in this match.
     
  12. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Root is probably only the captain because he is the one who will stick around in the team for a long time whereas most of the others are coming to the end of their careers or aren't reliable enough.

    I mean wasn't Ben Stokes vice captain!?
     
  13. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Stokes was indeed.

    Sooner Bayliss is out the test door, the better.
     
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  14. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Pardew could do a job.
     
  15. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Good rearguard by Stokes and Buttler but must be time for another collapse now.
     
  16. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    If these 2 can put on a further 150/200 without a wicket then we would be in with a shout ! Right now it is just a case of restoring a bit of pride and taking it into the 5th day.
     
  17. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Who was the last Somerset player to score a century for England?

    (Jos don't seem a Lancy to me.)
     
  18. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Trescothick ?
    Well that was a great innings but i think that our 1% chance has just gone !
     
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  19. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    ....or did Kieswetter (as opposed to knicker-wetter) get one in limited overs ??
     
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  20. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Conscious that England were bobbing along nicely I decided the only thing for it was to turn on TMS. You can thank me later for the two wickets India.
     
  21. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Might last into the 5th day ...
     
  22. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    I was wondering.

    Kieswetter did get an ODI ton.

    Fyi, Keighley, Harold Gimlett topped out at 67*.
     
  23. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Could be the shortest day ever ?!

    One wicket for India required .

    First ball..
     
  24. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Gritty but ultimately futile but at least we made it to the last day.
    Any prospect of a plague of locusts in the forecast tomorrow?
     
  25. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Worth more in those days, RD.
     
  26. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    There was one in Oz in the 70s, Rodney Hogg era, which lasted about 4 balls.
     
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  27. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Everything was.

    But, with paedophilia being endemic, there has to be a ‘swings & roundabouts’ element to our comparison.
     
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  28. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    Trent Bridge charging a tenner to get in for what may be a 1 ball experience. Idiots. Just open the gates.
     
  29. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    As grand gestures go, it is somewhat anaemic.
     
  30. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    They have had a change of heart.
    Free entry and donations to charity.
     
  31. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Do we have any official cricket inflation stats ? What was the impact on mortgage rates ?
     
  32. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    I wonder how many more people they'd have attracted had they done the sensible thing and announced this yesterday, especially families. Greedy b*****ds.
     
  33. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Wow. Seeing possibility of seeing Anderson's first double-century for nothing ??
     
  34. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Is it greedy? They've refunded the tickets people have already paid for. And presumably they'll incur costs from having to host that 20 minute spectacle. The counties aren't exactly awash with money.
     
  35. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    Yeah I think it's taking the pee asking for a tenner for possibly a single ball. Someone said on talksport this morning that in Australia day 5 is often free and it encourages families to come down and get the kids on the pitch after the match to have some mini cricket going on. Let people stay for the day and they'll be buying the overpriced merchandise and beer which will cover the costs. Unfortunately by announcing it's free a couple of hours before the match begins is already too late for most people to organise. I think they've missed a trick.
     

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